Spell A Day

Fairy Tuft Spell

Spell Date: Monday, July 15, 2002

A custom in many gardens in England is growing a “fairy tuft,” a patch of wild growth allowed to thrive on its own in order to attract fairies. To do this yourself, simply designate a wild corner in your garden. Leave offerings at the edge of your miniature wildland—a saucer of water or milk, a small pretty stone, some bread. If you must trim your tuft, do it by hand—steel blades are said to harm the fairy world.